The heavy work is about to start

 Yesterday and today were easy days of finishing what we started and also running errands. We got rid of the rest of the carpet that was on the third floor and disposed of it at the recycling facility. While removing the carpet, we found beautiful hard wood floors in the bedroom of the third floor and contemplated keeping them until we took out the carpet in the hallway : unfortunately when repainting the spindles of the staircase's ramp, the previous owners omitted to protect the floors, which are now spray painted white... with spindle prints !


We also decided to take out the old broken appliances. Again, we got quite lucky as not only did we find a neighbor to take them from us to recycle scraps, but he also helped to us (or should I say he helped Rick, as my watching them was not terribly helpful I'm afraid) to take them out of the second floor. So far, we are quite happy with the neighborhood, as we have met a bunch of helpful and friendly neighbors, knowledgeable landlords and crafty recyclers !

Then, we decided to take down the second kitchen (which was much easier than the first one) and overall clean up the house. We have found out a couple days ago when taking down the first kitchen that our back wall was in pretty bad shape and is gonna need serious fixing. We met with our contractor yesterday, and he is going to take care of this along with replacing the beam under the kitchen that rotted because of a leak, recoating the roof, and replacing the stolen copper pipes. He will be starting within the next few days so he needed the cabinets gone to access pipes and floors. So now, without the carpet and the old rotten cabinets, the house is like a blank slate, it's kinda cool !

Finally, we went to our favorite Habitat for Humanity store today for an orientation tour as we will be volunteering there once a week starting next Thursday. We got some pretty great deals there and met some very nice people, so we thought it would be nice to help them in return, and it is also a great way to meet people from our community !